# E1 - It's Smack in the Middle
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQPQ9K/its-smack-in-the-middle)
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***SIGN*** * D i s c l a i m e r
***SIGN*** Many scenes in this program will appear to present a biased view of the people of Nagoya and the surrounding region. Please bear in mind that these scenes are strictly the opinions of the characters and may not represent reality, and enjoy it as a program filled with love for Nagoya.
***SIGN*** Umezu Hideyuki
(Aichi Prefecture)
**[00:00] Umezu**
* Many scenes in this program will appear*
* to present a biased view*
**[00:03] Umezu**
* of the people of Nagoya*
* and the surrounding region.*
**[00:05] Umezu**
* Please bear in mind that these scenes*
* are strictly the opinions of the characters*
**[00:07] Umezu**
*and may not represent reality,*
**[00:08] Umezu**
* and enjoy it as a program*
* filled with love for Nagoya.*
***SIGN*** Yatoga
***SIGN*** Jin Kaito
High school
second-year
Has joined the
photography club
***SIGN*** Yatoga
***SIGN*** Sasatsu Yanna
High school second-year
Photography club
president
Sleeps a lot
***SIGN*** Yatoga
***SIGN*** Tadakusa Mai
First-year
Loves cute things
***SIGN*** Animago
**[00:17] Na**
*Sometimes Yatogame wonders...*
***SIGN*** Yatoga
***SIGN*** Yatogame Monaka
High school first-year
who loves Nagoya
***SIGN*** Hmmm
**[00:19] Na**
*Is Nagoya part of Kanto or Kansai?*
***SIGN*** Eastern Devil
**[00:21] Jin**
Kansai, obviously!
**[00:22] Jin**
The New Comedy Troupe plays
on Saturday afternoons,
**[00:24] Jin**
and the food's super rich!
**[00:25] Jin**
It's clearly in Kansai!
***SIGN*** Western Devil
**[00:27] Yato**
Nah, it's Kanto!
**[00:28] Yato**
There's no Kansai dialect,
the people are proud,
**[00:30] Yato**
and they say "Mac" instead of "McD's"!
**[00:32] Yato**
That makes it Kanto! Not that I'd know!
**[00:33] Jin**
Kansai!
***SIGN*** Eastern Devil
**[00:34] Yato**
Kanto!
***SIGN*** Western Devil
**[00:35] Yato**
Quit tryin' to dump Nagoya
off on each other!
**[00:37] Jin**
Where'd that come from?!
**[00:38] Jin**
You wondered if Nagoya
was in Kanto or Kansai?
**[00:41] Mai**
Aichi, Gifu, and Mie are sometimes
called Tokai, Chubu,
***SIGN*** "It's Smack in the Middle"
**[00:43] Mai**
and even Chukyo.
**[00:45] Yato**
Yep.
**[00:46] Yanna**
I hear that a lot, but what's it mean?
***SIGN*** Kyoto
***SIGN*** Nagoya
***SIGN*** Tokyo
**[00:48] Mai**
Apparently it's because the region
is right between Kyoto and Tokyo.
**[00:52] Yanna**
Oh, so Chukyo is the "kyo" of Kyoto,
the "kyo" of Tokyo, and "chu" for "middle"!
**[00:55] Yanna**
That makes sense!
**[00:56] Rara**
Stop!
**[00:57] Rara**
Shizuoka gets left behind
as part of the Tokai region as it is!
***SIGN*** Yatoga MEMO
***SIGN*** Shonai Rara
Photography club advisor
Is often left out
***SIGN*** °Chukyo includes only Aichi, Gifu, and Mie
**[01:00] Rara**
It'll never fit into Chukyo!
**[01:03] Rara**
I'm hardcore opposed to Chukyo!
**[01:05] Jin**
Opposing it won't help...
**[01:06] Yato**
Still, there ain't no denyin'
Nagoya's smack in the middle of Japan!
**[01:09] Jin**
No, Japan's center is Tokyo.
**[01:11] Mai**
Yatogame-chan, I think Gifu's the one
at the center of Japan.
**[01:15] Yato**
Wha?!
**[01:15] Mai**
Assuming everyone in Japan weighs the same,
**[01:18] Mai**
the location where it strikes
the best balance is Gifu!
***SIGN*** Gifu Prefecture
**[01:20] Mai**
It's Gujo!
***SIGN*** Gujo
**[01:21] Jin**
Why the heck would you base it on that?!
***SIGN*** Nihon Manmannaka Center
**[01:23] Mai**
Above all, Nihon Manmannaka
Center is there!
**[01:25] Jin**
That's a bold name!
**[01:27] Rara**
It's Shizuoka!
It's right in the middle of the Tokaido!
**[01:29] Yanna**
Nah, it's Mie!
**[01:30] Yanna**
It formed the Republic of Central Japan
with Gifu and some others!
**[01:32] Mai**
It's Gifu!
**[01:33] Yato**
It's Nagoya!
**[01:34] Jin**
Argh! Quit talking over each other!
**[01:35] Jin**
I'll just look it up online!
***SIGN*** Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture:
The center when you make a circle
stretching from Hokkaido to Kyushu.
***SIGN*** Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture:
The intersection when you draw lines from
the northernmost point and the southernmost
point, and the Pacific coast to the Sea of
Japan coast, and connect their centers.
***SIGN*** Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture:
The intersection when you draw lines from the
northernmost point and the southernmost point,
and the easternmost point to the westernmost point.
***SIGN*** Nishiwaki City, Hyogo Prefecture:
Located at exactly 135 degrees east and 35 degrees north
***SIGN*** Ogawa Village, Nagano Prefecture:
The center if Honshu were represented as a single flat board.
**[01:43] Jin**
I think I don't really care anymore.
**[01:45] Yato**
Yep!
**[01:45] Mai**
Agreed!
**[01:46] Rara**
Want some tea?
**[01:47] Yanna**
I want mine hot!
***SIGN*** Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki Volume 4
***SIGN*** Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki Volume 4
***SIGN*** Yatoga
***SIGN*** Dobe Serura
Middle school third-year
Wants to go to Tokyo
Easily gets
the wrong idea
**[02:19] Mom**
Serura-chan, how was your
high school orientation?
**[02:23] Serura**
Oh, that school was super non-evo.
***SIGN*** Yatoga MEMO
***SIGN*** Serura's mom
Has the talent to be
a helicopter mother
**[02:25] Serura**
And the photography club
had some real scary folks!
**[02:27] Serura**
They tricked my friend!
**[02:29] Mom**
Really?
**[02:30] Serura**
Really! I was like, please
do somethin' about this!
**[02:33] Serura**
So please let me go to school in Tokyo—
**[02:35] Mom**
Not a chance! Do you know
how much that would cost?
**[02:37] Serura**
You're so stingy!
Our family's rich, ain't it?!
**[02:40] Mom**
We're rich *because* we're stingy.
**[02:42] Serura**
You only pay Tsuji 800 yen
per hour to work for us!
***SIGN*** Yatoga MEMO
***SIGN*** Tsuji Masahide
Butler serving the Dobe family
Forces Serura to see reality
Highly skilled attendant
**[02:45] Tsuji**
I do receive a bit more than that.
**[02:47] Mom**
Honestly...
**[02:48] Mom**
Tsuji, contact that
school's chairman for me.
**[02:51] Tsuji**
Certainly.
**[02:52] Mom**
Serura-chan's friend was put in danger.
**[02:55] Mom**
We might just have to get
that photography club shut down.